Possible Clues:

• As they got together like this, sounds hot
• One gathered this made things hot, by the sound of it
• Gathered that this sounded hot (8)
• One gathered this has to start to be hot, by the sound of it
• Gathered that one has to have the deer in bits to make it sound hot
• One gathered that this sounded hot
• Had a get-together that sounded hot
• One gathered that this has a hot sound
• Obe gathered that this had a hot sound
• Sounds like what you'd have to have with the bits of deer to make them sound hot